DeMar DeRozan is a man on fire. Now lets talk trades.

Alright, it's a shame I have to start this by saying I'm not advocating for trading DeMar, but homers are homers and now that I've catered to y'all lets talk basketball.

Though it's an extremely small sample so far, DeMar DeRozan has continued his preseason trend of attacking the rim at all costs, and he's bumped up his fg% along with rebounding numbers to boot. When young players show solid improvement people take notice and some of those people are GM's.

Depending on how confident you are in T. Ross taking over the starting SG role by next season, DD might arguably be our best trading chip right now that gives us the best chance at a SF. I know, I know the kid is finally showing us some of that potential we've seen in him, but if he can get you Rudy Gay, or Paul George in a package including some of our other assets would you think it's a good move? You gotta give up something of value to get something of value back right? If we can force feed T. Ross some minutes to advance his game a bit we could come out looking pretty good next season. Thoughts?

i don't know why, but i don't have the same wary feeling of Demar being a one hit (week? month? season?) wonder like i did with Bargs last year. since lowry came ive noticed a new tenacity in a few of the players, especially demar. i think having a alpha dog in the locker room has paid dividends, and this is one of those things.

i honestly didn't expect it. i had basically wrote off Demar last year and while he certainly still has room to grow hes doing things this year that are actually blowing my mind. his attacking the basket absolutely opens up the entire offense and pretty soon he's going to start getting the calls too.

if he keeps this all up, i can't believe im going to say this, he's well worth his contract. i'm not sure id trade him for a guy like rudy gay who im not sure is that much of a upgrade when you factor in his contract.

remember, we started 2-8 the last time we made the playoffs and when lowry gets back (please god let it be soon) the offense AND defense is going to really hum.

i don't know why, but i don't have the same wary feeling of Demar being a one hit (week? month? season?) wonder like i did with Bargs last year. since lowry came ive noticed a new tenacity in a few of the players, especially demar. i think having a alpha dog in the locker room has paid dividends, and this is one of those things.

i honestly didn't expect it. i had basically wrote off Demar last year and while he certainly still has room to grow hes doing things this year that are actually blowing my mind. his attacking the basket absolutely opens up the entire offense and pretty soon he's going to start getting the calls too.

if he keeps this all up, i can't believe im going to say this, he's well worth his contract. i'm not sure id trade him for a guy like rudy gay who im not sure is that much of a upgrade when you factor in his contract.

remember, we started 2-8 the last time we made the playoffs and when lowry gets back (please god let it be soon) the offense AND defense is going to really hum.

I get that same feeling about DeMar's improvement this year and that it's here to stay. Primarily it's because he's not depending on a long range shot which frankly he still couldn't hit to save his life. Good point about Gay not being worth the contract when you consider exactly how much of an upgrade he is. Gay hasn't led the Grizzlies to any success in the playoffs despite the hefty contract and stacked team.

However, it remains that DeMar's improvement alone will not put this team over the hump when it comes anything better than a 7th or 8th seed in the playoffs. Imo, it really comes down to whether you beleive T. Ross can develop into a starting calibre SG in the near future or ot. If so, then you can afford to use DD as a trade chip to get you a good SF and thus round out the starting 5

I get that same feeling about DeMar's improvement this year and that it's here to stay. Primarily it's because he's not depending on a long range shot which frankly he still couldn't hit to save his life. Good point about Gay not being worth the contract when you consider exactly how much of an upgrade he is. Gay hasn't led the Grizzlies to any success in the playoffs despite the hefty contract and stacked team.

However, it remains that DeMar's improvement alone will not put this team over the hump when it comes anything better than a 7th or 8th seed in the playoffs. Imo, it really comes down to whether you beleive T. Ross can develop into a starting calibre SG in the near future or ot. If so, then you can afford to use DD as a trade chip to get you a good SF and thus round out the starting 5

Exactly. Everyone here knows i'm a big DeRozan fan but i'm also pretty high on Ross. Everyone knows he can shoot the ball, and he's got a sweet shooting stroke. But what i've noticed about him the most so far this season is his defence. This guy can flat out play defence. Give him a couple of years and i think he'll be a damn good player.

I'm guessing Raps will move DD to the SF position once Ross is NBA ready.

Very true and the fact that he's taken a big stride forward so far this season goes to show that some players are worth waiting on to mature. What remains is that we're still weak at SF. Unless you think DD's ceiling involves being a perennial All Star you may want to consider flipping him for a small forward in the hopes that T. Ross can take his spot.

DD is a keeper & definitely agreed ha hasn't reached his ceiling yet & w/ his attitude & work ethic there's a good chance he will.
Gay is nice to have but we dont need to give up DD
DD > P. George, watching 2 games against pacers george cant create his own shot & mostly a spot up shooter w/ decent defense & rebounding can't even shoot good % this season

i don't know why, but i don't have the same wary feeling of Demar being a one hit (week? month? season?) wonder like i did with Bargs last year. since lowry came ive noticed a new tenacity in a few of the players, especially demar. i think having a alpha dog in the locker room has paid dividends, and this is one of those things.

i honestly didn't expect it. i had basically wrote off Demar last year and while he certainly still has room to grow hes doing things this year that are actually blowing my mind. his attacking the basket absolutely opens up the entire offense and pretty soon he's going to start getting the calls too.

if he keeps this all up, i can't believe im going to say this, he's well worth his contract. i'm not sure id trade him for a guy like rudy gay who im not sure is that much of a upgrade when you factor in his contract.

remember, we started 2-8 the last time we made the playoffs and when lowry gets back (please god let it be soon) the offense AND defense is going to really hum.

His passing also much better. Did you see those outside kicks during the Jazz game. Those were nice, kick out to Kleiza in the corner for 3. Lets hope Fields comes back with his shot so DeRozan can do that with him

I think Leo put it best the other night, saying something along these lines: Demar is zoned in and his confidence is through the roof. You can see it in his eyes; he's focused, determined, and hungry for the 'W'.

His passing also much better. Did you see those outside kicks during the Jazz game. Those were nice, kick out to Kleiza in the corner for 3. Lets hope Fields comes back with his shot so DeRozan can do that with him

Yup, his vision is definitely improving. He's slowed his game down a bit (a good thing), and he's able to see the defense being drawn in, with enough time to kick it out before he's trapped too deep under the basket.